Congratulations to the Thunder dance team, which is heading to state for the third year in a row! These ladies finished in third at the South Elgin Sectional Competition, earning them a bid to state. Members of this year’s dance team are Cora Albrecht, Lauren Bieszczad, Teagan Devaul, Brianne Emond, Rebekah Forester, Mickayla Johnson, Alexis […]
Freshman Max Haggerty went big in Woodstock’s first match coming out of winter break, leading the team in handing Johnsburg their first conference loss of the season on Jan. 5. Max opened the evening with a 276 in game one and followed it up with a 224 and a 234. The 276 is the highest […]
Christian Bentancur, a Marian Central junior, was a repeat, unanimous all-tournament selection at the Jacobs Holiday Tournament in December. He averaged 25 points a game during the tourney. He is our overall leading scorer at 21.3 points a game. CONGRATULATIONS!
Woodstock North freshman Isaac Morse was third highest point winner for freshmen in the Boylan Bash Pentathalon, held on Dec. 27, at Rockford Boylan High School. Isaac is a leader and strong swimmer. We look forward to watching him grow and improve in his high school swimming career.
Jovanni is a linch pin for the Woodstock High School wrestling program. As one of the only seniors who has been with the program over the past four years, he has been an integral glue between the new coaching staff, younger wrestlers, and the student body. Jovanni helped recruit new wrestlers from the school […]
Senior Cesar Ortiz helped Woodstock North Varsity Basketball to two recent wins this week. He scored a career high 30 points in a 73 to 65 win over Stillman Valley. Cesar came back the following game and put in 20 in a 61 to 36 win over Genoa Kingston.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Addy Walker is a three -year varsity level swimmer. Since her freshman year at Woodstock High School Addy can be counted on for any event. She has the team’s top times in the 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. She was part of the Fox […]
Senior Tyler Fink has stepped up in a big way this season both as a senior and as a team captain. He is the bedrock for our defensive line and our most vocal communicator on the field. It only takes opposing teams one run to realize that they cannot run at Tyler before […]
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